Letters: County should discover alternate options to workplace of schooling layoffs

Discover alternativesto schooling layoffs

The Santa Clara County Workplace of Training (SCCOE) is proposing layoffs for almost 300 workers — a couple of quarter of its workforce — together with early childhood educators, particular educators and psychological well being counselors. These layoffs goal these working with our most weak college students.

SCCOE’s annual funds exceeds $360 million, with a optimistic funds certification via 2027. A latest unbiased audit gave SCCOE the strongest attainable monetary ranking.

But, whereas frontline employees face layoffs, spending on consultants has doubled to $65 million and authorized prices have surged by the hundreds of thousands with out clear justification.

Different county places of work going through related federal funding uncertainty haven’t gutted their packages, exhibiting that stability and planning are attainable. We should comply with this instance.

With a brand new superintendent arriving this week, now’s the time to pause and discover each attainable various. The proposed layoffs needs to be reversed and rejected to make sure that college students, households and workers are supported.

Kathleen King, Tara Sreekrishnan and Claudia RossiCurrent and former members of the Santa Clara County Board of Training

Public broadcasting’sbudget have to be saved

Tax cuts that can profit billionaires don’t justify cuts to nationwide public media.

Mary BoyleSunnyvale

Treasury ought to sharetruth about tariffs

It’s about time somebody begins telling the reality about who’s paying the tariffs. Discover that the federal government doesn’t checklist who’s paying the tariffs. If different nations have been paying the majority of them, the federal government would checklist the quantities by nation and scream them from the rooftops. However since U.S. corporations and shoppers are paying the majority of them, the administration gained’t present that.

The Treasury Division experiences the division’s day by day assertion of whole deposits listed below “Customs and Certain Excise Taxes” on the division’s FiscalData webpage. They may have simply proven the massive quantities Trump claimed the nations would pay, if it wouldn’t embarrassingly present that U.S. residents and firms are paying the lion’s share.

We must always insist that Treasury report the supply of the tariffs day by day.

Barry JacksonSan Jose

Trump and his policiesare definition of cruelty

On-off, on-off, suspended for some time — tariffs, deportations, visas, and many others., affecting college students, judges, infants, small companies, well being care, medical analysis and faculties, to call just a few.

The very first thing that involves thoughts is the cruelty of the present administration. So I seemed up the definition of a merciless individual. Right here is one: “Cruel people may enjoy causing others pain or suffering, either physically or emotionally. They may use insults or belittling language to diminish others and make themselves feel superior. They may be quick to anger and lash out at others for perceived slights or wrongdoings.”

Remind you of anybody?

Robert FeigelsonSaratoga

Russia startedpath to Ukraine warfare

Re: “Ukraine war a road we shouldn’t have taken” (Web page A6, April 29).

Concerning Mike Caggiano’s letter, I wholeheartedly agree, assuming “we” in that sentence means the Kremlin.

Particularly, Russia’s underhanded provocation within the Donetsk and Luhansk areas of Ukraine beginning in 2014, and their deceitful interpretation of the 2 Minsk agreements to justify their unlawful invasion are two roads their authorities ought to by no means have taken. However they did. Caggiano appears confused, nevertheless, that Ukraine was in any method obligated to “suspend all thought of NATO membership” below these agreements, which is unfaithful even in probably the most overly beneficiant, pro-Russian interpretation.

Scott BestPalo Alto

Sexual assault demandsimmediate response

Re: “Bay Area woman says she was groped on flight out of SFO” (Web page B1, April 29).

Mother and father, martial arts instructors and ladies’ PE lecturers ought to talk about with daughters and college students Barbara Morgan’s expertise of sexual assault on an airplane..

The individual assaulted should “escalate the situation” and report an incident instantly. Predators depend on silence. Defending your self when assaulted is justified.

Michael GraySan Jose